Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
by Meg Jay
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"Whether it is the loss of a parent to death or divorce; bullying; alcoholism or drug abuse in the home; mental illness in a parent or a sibling; neglect; emotional, physical or sexual abuse; having a parent in jail; or growing up alongside domestic violence, nearly 75% of us experience adversity by the age of 20. But these experiences are often kept secret, as are our courageous battles to overcome them. Drawing on nearly two decades of work with clients and students, Jay tells the tale of show more ordinary people made extraordinary by these all-too-common experiences, everyday superheroes who have made a life out of dodging bullets and leaping over obstacles, even as they hide in plain sight as doctors, artists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, parents, activists, teachers, students and readers. She gives a voice to the supernormals among us as they reveal not only "How do they do it?" but also "How does it feel?"" - From book jacket. show lessTags
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This book pretty much saved my life.
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Meg Jay, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor of Human Development at University of Virginia who specializes in twentysomethings. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology and in gender studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and her work has show more appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and on NPR and BBC. Her TED talk "Why 30 Is Not the New 20" is among the most watched of all time. show less
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- Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
- Original title
- Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
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- Supernormal: Childhood Adversity and the Untold Story of Resilience; Supernormal: The Secret World of the Family Hero
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